Tea Sets
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
Late 18th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Country Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Tea Sets
Metal
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Czech Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Sandstone
19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pewter
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Tea Sets
Brass
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1790s German Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Enamel
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1750s Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal, Iron
Early 20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Alabaster, Silver
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Ceramic, Pottery
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Metal, Gold Plate
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Copper, Enamel
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Czech Bohemian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Aluminum
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Pearlware
Mid-20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1950s Unknown Moorish Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Metal, Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Faience
1950s Dutch Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Ukrainian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Creamware, Pottery
1960s English Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique, New and Vintage Tea Sets
Ready to serve high tea and brunch for your family and friends? Start with the right antique, new or vintage tea set.
Tea is a multicultural, multinational beverage and isn’t confined to any particular lifestyle or age group. It has humble beginnings, and one of its best-known origin stories places the first cups of tea in 2700 B.C. in China, where it was recognized for its medicinal properties. Jump ahead to 17th-century England, when Chinese tea began to arrive at ports in London. During the early 1800s, tea became widely affordable, and the concept of teatime took shape all over England. Today, more than 150 million people reportedly drink tea daily in the United States.
Early tea drinkers enjoyed their beverage in a bowl, and English potters eventually added a handle to the porcelain bowls so that burning your fingers became less of a teatime hazard. With the rise in the popularity of teatime, tea sets, also referred to as tea service, became a hot commodity.
During Queen Victoria’s reign, teakettles and coffeepots were added to tea services that were quite large — indeed, small baked goods were served with your drink back then, and a tea set could include many teacups and saucers, a milk pot and other accessories.
During the early 1920s, a sterling-silver full tea service and tray designed by Tiffany & Co. might include a hot-water kettle on a stand, a coffeepot, teapot, a creamer with a small lip spout, a waste bowl and a bowl for sugar, which the British were stirring into tea as early as the 18th century.
But you don’t have to limit your tea set to Victorian or Art Deco styles — shake up teatime with an artful contemporary service. If the bold porcelain cups and saucers by Italian brand Seletti are too unconventional for your otherwise subdued tea circle, find antique services on 1stDibs from Japan, France and other locales as well as vintage mid-century modern tea sets and neoclassical designs.